Improving Psychopharmacotherapy in Nursing Homes

Lisbeth Uhrskov Sørensen, MD, PhD, MSc.Econ,
Senior Registrar,
Department of Psychiatric Demography,
Psychiatric Hospital in Aarhus,
Aarhus University Hospital,
Risskov, Denmark.

Nils Christian Gulmann, MD
Chief Consultant Psychiatrist,
and Associate Professor,
Department D, Psychiatric
Hospital in Aarhus,
Aarhus University Hospital,
Risskov, Denmark.

Some of the most frequently prescribed drugs for nursing home residents are psychotropics, with a large proportion of the residents receiving at least one psychotropic medication (Table 1).